What's in a name?

Personally I'd be quite happy to have a president named Barack Hussein Obama.

But for those of you uncomfortable with multisyllabic monikers I highly recommend Juan Cole's rant on other great Americans with funny sounding names.

Feel better?

Land of the free?

Hardly.

On the importance of words

What Arianna says.

Happy Valentines Day

Both Mrs. C and my self are feeling much better thank you.

And by the way, after winning February so, apparently, is the Obama campaign.

But then why wouldn't they, I mean this guy is good.

(h/t Andrew Sullivan)